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The Eye Of The World: Book 1 of the Wheel of Time (Now a major TV series) Kindle Edition
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Now a major TV series on Prime Video
Prepare to turn the Wheel of Time - discover the first novel in one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published.
When their village is attacked by terrifying creatures, Rand al'Thor and his friends are forced to flee for their lives. An ancient evil is stirring, and its servants are scouring the land for the Dragon Reborn - the prophesised hero who can deliver the world from darkness.
In this Age of myth and legend, the Wheel of Time turns. What was, what may be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S TOP 100 FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME
'Epic in every sense' - Sunday Times
'With the Wheel of Time, Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal' New York Times
'[The] huge ambitious Wheel of Time series helped redefine the genre' George R. R. Martin
'A fantasy phenomenon' SFX
The Wheel of Time series:
Book 1: The Eye of the World
Book 2: The Great Hunt
Book 3: The Dragon Reborn
Book 4: The Shadow Rising
Book 5: The Fires of Heaven
Book 6: Lord of Chaos
Book 7: A Crown of Swords
Book 8: The Path of Daggers
Book 9: Winter's Heart
Book 10: Crossroads of Twilight
Book 11: Knife of Dreams
Book 12: The Gathering Storm
Book 13: Towers of Midnight
Book 14: A Memory of Light
Prequel: New Spring
Look out for the companion book: The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherOrbit
- Publication date27 Oct. 2009
- File size4093 KB
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A fantasy phenomenon ― SFX
With the Wheel of Time, Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal ― New York Times
[The] hugely ambitious Wheel of Time series helped redefine the genre -- George R. R. Martin
Anyone who's writing epic or secondary world fantasy knows Robert Jordan isn't just a part of the landscape, he's a monolith within the landscape -- Patrick Rothfuss
Robert Jordan's work has been a formative influence and an inspiration for a generation of writers -- Brent Weeks --This text refers to the paperback edition.
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With THE WHEEL OF TIME, Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal THE NEW YORK TIMES
A powerful vision of good and evil ORSON SCOTT CARD
Epic in every sense THE TIMES
Well written adventure on the grand scale ANNE MCCAFFREY
Glowing with true magic FRED SABERHAGEN
The Wheel of Time series:
THE EYE OF THE WORLD, THE GREAT HUNT, THE DRAGON REBORN, THE SHADOW RISING, THE FIRES OF HEAVEN, LORD OF CHAOS, A CROWN OF SWORDS, THE PATH OF DAGGERS, WINTERS HEART
About the Author
Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina. He taught himself to read when he was four with the incidental aid of a twelve-years-older brother, and was tackling Mark Twain and Jules Verne by five. He is a graduate of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics. He served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army; among his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross with bronze oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with "V" and bronze oak leaf cluster, and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses with palm. A history buff, he has also written dance and theater criticism and enjoyed the outdoor sports of hunting, fishing, and sailing, and the indoor sports of poker, chess, pool, and pipe collecting.
Robert Jordan began writing in 1977 and went on to write The Wheel of Time®, one of the most important and best selling series in the history of fantasy publishing with over 14 million copies sold in North America, and countless more sold abroad.
Robert Jordan died on September 16, 2007, after a courageous battle with the rare blood disease amyloidosis.
Kate Reading is the recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards and has been named by AudioFilemagazine as a "Voice of the Century," as well as the Best Voice in Science Fiction & Fantasy in 2008 and 2009. Her audiobook credits include reading for such authors as Jane Austen, Robert Jordan, Edith Wharton, and Sophie Kinsella. She has performed at numerous theaters in Washington D.C. and received a Helen Hayes Award for her performance in Aunt Dan and Lemon.
Michael Kramer has narrated over 100 audiobooks for many bestselling authors. He read all of Robert Jordan's epic Wheel of Time fantasy-adventure series as well as Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archiveseries. He received AudioFile magazine's Earphones Award for the Kent Family series by John Jakes and for Alan Fulsom's The Day After Tomorrow. Known for his "spot-on character portraits and accents, and his resonant, well-tempered voice" (AudioFile), his work includes recording books for the Library of Congress's Talking Books program for the blind and physically handicapped.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.Product details
- ASIN : B002VBV1HC
- Publisher : Orbit; 1st edition (27 Oct. 2009)
- Language : English
- File size : 4093 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 753 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: 199 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the author

Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston. He was a graduate of the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics, and served two tours in Vietnam. His hobbies included hunting, fishing, sailing, poker, chess, pool and pipe collecting. He died in September 2007.
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But as the story progressed I realized that Jordan was shamelessly ripping off LOTR: the characters (does a lost King pledged to fight evil, who fights with near super-human skill using a big old sword of destiny, while a beautiful woman pines over him in a forbidden but totally chivalrous romance sound familiar at all???), the baddies (Myrddraal = Nazgul; Trollocks = Orcs), the completely unambiguous fight between good and evil... it completely spoilt any immersion in the storyline.
On my second point: I was expecting some really interesting subverting of tropes in a story which meshed a familiar fantasy setting with female authority (realm ruled by Queens, magic dominated by all-female Aes Sedai). What I actually got were some of the most tired, unoriginal female stereotypes I've seen. Nearly all the women, who are supposed to be competent, spend all their time blushing, gasping, crying, making tea, seductively dancing, and mooning after male characters. Oh and they are all beautiful of course, because that's an interesting character trait?
Tldr: lazily written, lazily sexist. Read literally any other fantasy series.
It is without doubt one of the most disappointing books I have ever read. Others have criticised it for stealing so many ideas from Tolkien, that it most certainly does, as well as Arthurian tales. But that is not my problem with it...it is simply not good story telling. For the first third of the book I thought it was very slow in developing it's main characters; I was wrong, as they never do develop but remain one dimensional throughout. What more do we know of Perrin, Mat's or Egwene's personalities or thoughts by the end of the book than we knew at the beginning? Nothing!
However far and away its biggest fault is that it is so very, very dull and boring. The writing is turgid and soporofic. Did it ever make my heart beat faster, delight or amaze me...sadly no. I stuck with it till the end and ended it liking none of the so-called characters one jot. Shall I read more of these books, Lord no, one was way way too many. Save your money and your time, you will miss nothing. Go and read some Hobbs instead.
I managed to get to Chapter Nine before I realised that I was reading a poor imitation of Lord of the Rings which I first read in the 1960's . Couldn't read on from that point. I heard Amazon is making a series of this for Prime so I thought I'd get a head start but not looking forward to the show now. The good thing was that on reading the reviews from another disappointed reviewer they pointed me to Robin Hobbs 'Farseer' series which I've read and would thoroughly recommend !!!!









